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Aug 6th 2012, 00:31

Story Highlights Sanya Richards-Ross won the 400 meters for the American's first track gold After claiming bronze in the event in Beijing, London was a shot at redemption A gold medal represented the end of four years of hard work for Richards-Ross Sanya Richards-Ross bounced back from a bronze medal in Beijing in 2008. Harry E. Walker/Mct/MCT/ZUMAPRESS.com LONDON -- Most Olympic athletes dream of the medal stand, of gold around their neck and their country's flag raised to the heavens. Sanya Richards-Ross did not. She didn't let herself get that far. She knows that may have been her downfall four years ago, that she got ahead of herself at the Olympics in Beijing, when she was favored to...

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Aug 5th 2012, 23:22

LONDON (AP) - Once was enough. Carmelo Anthony doesn't want to mess around against Argentina. Not after a close call with Lithuania. Anthony, LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and the rest of the star-studded U.S. basketball team have now been tested at the London Olympics - and admittedly they weren't quite prepared for it. The NBA's best players face another challenge Monday night when they wrap up pool play against the Argentines, who at 3-1 are not to be overlooked. Anthony acknowledged the Americans might have been caught slightly off guard by Lithuania's fight in a five-point victory Saturday. "It was a little...

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Aug 5th 2012, 16:25

By Ryan Vlastelica NEW YORK Aug 5 (Reuters) - To borrow from "Star Wars", the Force is strong with this stock market. Despite a ho-hum earnings season and central banks' disappointing hopes for aggressive economic stimulus last week, U.S. stocks held firm. After four days of losses, the benchmark Standard & Poor's 500 index rallied on Friday, finishing the week in the positive for a fourth straight time and reaching three-month highs. Sustaining momentum are valuations that make stocks attractively priced relative to other assets. To be sure, some corporate earnings have been impressive, especially in defensive stocks such as utilities. The trigger for stocks' surge...

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Aug 5th 2012, 21:48

De Amerikaanse atlete Sanya Richards-Ross heeft zondag de olympische titel op de 400...

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Aug 5th 2012, 01:38

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Aug 5th 2012, 01:45

Monday Japan Times, Tokyo Nuclear protest Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of people including ordinary citizens and antinuclear activists gathered in Tokyo on Sunday to form a human chain around the Diet building (Japan's parliament complex), calling for the abolition of nuclear power plants and putting more pressure on the Cabinet of Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda. The rally was organized in the aftermath of the meltdowns that erupted in the Fukushima tsunami disaster. (Editor's note: Regulators vowed Wednesday to impose stricter safety standards on nuclear power plants.) Syria fighting Fierce fighting raged for a second day in Syria's commercial capital, Aleppo, Sunday as troops pressed an...

Aug 5th 2012, 01:44

4 August 2012 Ottawa, Ontario Prime Minister Stephen Harper today congratulated Rosie MacLennan on her gold medal in women's trampoline, Ryan Cochrane on his silver medal in the 1,500 freestyle swim, and the women's track cycling team on its bronze medal in the team pursuit. Ms. MacLennan's gold medal is Canada's first at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London, and the first for Canada in women's trampoline. "Canadians everywhere were kept on the...

Aug 5th 2012, 01:45

The Turkish military has retired all 40 generals and admirals on trial on charges of plotting to overthrow the Muslim-led government, Turkish officials said Saturday, in the latest move by the government to tame the once indomitable army. The decision by the Supreme Military Council, which is led by...